†Elita (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Synonym: Elytha Conrad
Parent taxon: Elythinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Kindle and Eidman 1955 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Kitakamithyris
Subtaxa: Elita fimbriata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of United States (1: Missouri collection)
• Devonian of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (1), Colombia (20), the Russian Federation (2), United States (169: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin), Venezuela (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Pakistan (1)
Total: 205 collections including 207 occurrences
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